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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 733

Crime and Punishment Punishment Transportation 1856 (9 June) entire letter to the Police Magistrate in Hobart Town inscribed ´On Public Service only´, the interior with printed ´Ticket-of-Leave´ issued to William Whittaker (convicted of larceny in 1850, sentenced to seven years transportation in Van Diemen´s Land) – the pardon was qualified, he was forbidden from going to the Oatlands district ´on account of suspicious conduct and to break connexions´, red Free c.d.s. and C.G.O. Received cachet; fine and attractive with accompanying details. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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